Hay-stacker.



Nn. 656,065'. Patented Aug. I4, |900. 0. P. VROOM &. C. H. ARBUCKLE.

HAY STACKEB.

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No. 656,065. Patented Aug. I4, |900. 0. P. VROOM 6. C. H. ARBUCKLE.

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OLER r. vRo'OM AND CHARLES n. ARRUOKLE, OE WINIGAN, MISSOURI, AS- SIGNORS OE ONE-HALE To AUGUSTUS G. SORGE AND JAMES H. SORGE, OE SAME PLAGE.

HAY-STIAOKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,065, dated August 14, 1906. Apputauontnt January 25,1960. sentire. 12,769. (Nomad.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern: the guy-frame in engagement with the tilt- Beit known that we, OLER P. VROOM and ing frame Fig. 3 is a similar view of our in- CHARLESH.ARBUCKLE,citiZensoftheUnited vention, showing the fork-frame raised to States, residing at Vtinigan, in the county of nearly the limit of its movement. 5 5 5 Sullivan and State ot Missouri, have invented The drag-frame 1, which constitutes the a new and useful Hay-StackeLof which the support for our improved hay stacking and following is a specification. ricking apparatus, comprises the side bars or Our invention is an improved hay stacking runners 2, the cross-bars 3 4, connecting thev 'and ricking apparatus adapted to receive hay Opposite ends thereof, the cross-bar 5, inter- 6o Io from a rake in the eld and capable of being mediate said bars 3 4 and somewhat nearer operated to elevate the hay and deposit the the former than the latter, and the diago- Same on a Stack or rick. nally-disposedbrace-bars 6,which connect the One object of our invention is toprovidea bar 4 with the side bars or runners 2 at the novel combination of devices by whichv addifront corners'of the drag-frame. The latter 6 5 15 tional leverage is obtained to effect the iniis further provided at the ends of its side bars tial elevation of the loaded fork-frame. l or runners with links 7, which serve for the Afurther object of our invention is to proengagement with suitable pins or stakes vide a novel combination of devices to carry drivenin vthe, ground at the point where the the fork-frame rearwardly overthe center of stack or rick is to be constructed, SO as to 7o 2o gravity after the hay elevated thereby has prevent the stackingand ricking'apparatus been discharged therefrom onto the stack or from moving when in operation. A dragrick. p chain 8 is attached to the cross-bar 3 and is A further object of our invention is to proadapted for the attachment of a singletree or vide a novel combination of a guy-frame with doubletree, whereby a horse or team may be 75 25 a tilting hoisting-frame, whereby the lat-ter employed to drag the stacking and ricking apwill be engaged and stopped by the gu y-frame paratus from one point to another. as the tilting frame moves rearward with the The fork-frame 9 comprises the sides 10, unloaded fork -frame toprevent the latter each of which is composed of a pair of bars from descending too rapidly. 11 12, Vof suitable length, which overlap each 8o 3o With these and other objects in view our other and are connected together by bands invention consists in the combination, with a 13, which are adapted to slide with Said bars pivoted fork-frame, of a tilting frame, a rock- 11 and 12, and thereby the sides of the forking frame mounted on the tilting frame and frame are rendered extensible in length, as connected to the fork-frame, a rope or cord will be readily understood. Adr]- usting-open- 85 3 5 for tilting and drawing the rocking and tiltings 14 are made in the bars 11, and an opening frames, and a guy-frame and connections ling 15 is made in each of the bands 13, which between said guy-frame and fork-frame to are rigidly attached to the inner end'of the guy thelatter and limit the movement therebars 12 and are adapted to slide on the bars of when elevating hay. 1l, said openings 15 registering with the open- 9o 4o Our invention further consists in the peings 14 when the fork-frame is lengthened or culiar construction and combination of deshortened, and hence by inserting suitable vices hereinafter fully set forth, and particulock'- pins in said registering openingsL the larly pointed out in the claims. fork-frame may be adjusted to and retained In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is at. any desired length. A cross-bar 16 con- 95 45 a perspective View of a hay Stacker and ricker nects the bars 11 vnear the pivotal points 17, embodying our improvements, showing the where they are attached to the side bars or same in itsinitial position withthe fork-frame runners of the drag-frame, and YSuitable level and extendedon Lthe ground. Fig. 2 is brace-bars 1S connect said cross-bar 16 with a sideY elevation of the same, showing the inithe bars 11, as shown in Fig. 1, to Secure roo 5o tial position of the tilting or derrick frame the required rigidity to the fork-frame. A b and the rocking frame thereon and showing suitable fork 19 is secured on the outer end of the fork-frame, and a fork-head 2O is at the inner end of said fork 19, the tines or fork-bars of the latter being longer than those of the former, and said forl-head 20 being disposed at substantially right angles with relation to the fork 19. A cross-bar 2l on the inner end of the tinesor fork-bars of the head 19 is connected to the bars 12 of the eXtensible fork-frame by obliqnely-disposed bracebars 22.

Atilting derrick-frame 23, which comprises the side bars 24, the cross-bar 25, near the centers thereof, and the cross-bar 26, near their upper ends, is pivoted on the cross-bar 5 of the drag-frame, as at 27.

A rocking frame 28 is fulcrumed to the upper end of the tilting frame 23 at points near the center'of the rocking frame, as at29, and said rocking frame is provided with a substantially right-angled projecting member 30 at a point near its fulcrum. Brace-rods connect the outer end ot said right-angled member with the' corners of the outer side of the rocking frame, as at 31, and the right-angled member of the rocking frame is connected to thecross-bar 4 of the drag-frame by a suitable hoisting-tackle 32, which, as here shown, comprises three sheaves 33 and a rope 34, one end of the latter and one of the said sheaves being attached to the right-angled member of the rocking frame, two of the sheaves being attached to the cross-bar 4, and, as will be readily understood, a horse may be attached to the free end of the said rope for operating the stacking and rioking apparatus. Link rods or chains 35 connect one end of the rocking frame with the outer end of the fork-frame.

A guy-frame 36 of suitable construction is pivoted at its lowerend on the cross-bar 3 and is adapted to swingr toward and from the tilting frame and is provided with a cross-bar 37, which is adapted to engage the cross-bar 25, which constitutes an offset on one side of the tilting frame when the stacking apparatus is in its initial position. (Shown in Figs. l and 2.) A winch 38, havinga suitable pawl-andratchet locking mechanism 39, is mounted in and carried by said guy-frame, and to the latter at its upper end is attached a weight box or receptacle 0. Guy-ropes 4l are attached to the head or outer end of the forkframe and to the winch on the guy-frame, and by means of said winch said guy-rope may be lengthened or shortened, as will be readily understood.

The operation of our improved hay stacking and ricking apparatus is as follows: When the same is in the initial position shown in Fig. l, the hay may be discharged from a hayrake directly onto the fork at the outer end of the forli-frame, or it may be thrown onto the same by hand-forks from windrows,cocks, or a wagon. By drawingr outward on the rope 3i the rocking frame 28, which constitutes, in effect, a bell-crank lever, is caused to move on the upper side of the tilting frame through vation/thereof, and it was to facilitate the raising of the loaded fork-frame from the ground that we have devised the rocking frame on the upperside of the tilting frame, said rocking frame securing additional 1everage and correspondingly reducing the power necessary to raise the loaded fork frame through the first portion of its elevation. When the rocking frame has been swung to the position shown in Fig. 2,.the inner ends of the arms thereof contact with the crossbar 25 on thetilting frame, and as the power continues to be applied to the tackle the tilting framer and rocking frame (the latter in this position constituting, essentially, an extension of the former) move forward simultaneously, and hence raise the loaded forkframe until the contents of the fork are discharged upon the proposed stack or rick. As

the tilting frame swingsforward and the forkframe is elevated the slack in the guy-ropes is taken up by the elevation of the forkframe, and hence the guy-frame becomes disengaged from the tilting frame and swung backward by the tension on the guyropes until the fork-frame reachesy the limit of itsy elevation, at which point the guy-frame is substantially in the plane of the guy-ropes. By means of the winch on the guy-frame the guy-ropes may be lengthened or shortened, soas to control the movement of the forkframe and predetermiue the degree of its elevation whether forward or rearward of the center of gravity of the fork-frame. By reason of the weight-box with which the guyframe is provided the fork-frame is started rearward to eect the initial movement of its descent as soon as the hay has been discharged therefrom andthe hoisting-tackle is slackcned, as will be readily understood. As the hay-fork swings backward and nears the earth the tilting frame is swung rearward thereby, and the slackening of the guy-ropes permits the guy-frame to swing forward toward the tilting frame until they come together, the weight-box being thus efcient to thus sway the guy-frame forward, and the tilting frame becomes engaged and secured against farther rearward movement by the guy-frame, the final descent of the fork-frame being permitted by the retrograde partial rotation or swing of the rocking frame on the upper part of the tilting frame, as will be readily understood.

Stirrups x, pivotally connected to the bars ll, as shown, are adapted to engage the lower ends of the bars l2 when the latter are extended and to support the same in such extended position, as will be understood.

Having thus described our invention, we claiml. The combination, with a pivoted hoist- IOO IIO

ing-frame, of a tilting frame, a rocking frame mounted on the tilting frame, and connected to the hoisting-frame, tackle for tilting and drawing the rocking and tilting frames, and thereby elevating the hoisting-frame, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a pivoted hoisting-frame, of a tilting frame, a rocking frame mounted on the tilting frame, and connected to the hoisting-frame, tackle for tilting and drawing the rocking and tilting frames, and thereby elevating the hoisting-frame, and guys for the hoisting-frame, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a hoisting-frame, and a tilting frame connected thereto, tackle for applying power to the tilting frame and thereby elevating the hoisting frame, the guy-frame and guys connecting said guyframe to the hoisting-frame the latter being adapted to engage the tilting frame and arrest the retrograde movement thereof when the hoisting-frame is being lowered, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a hoisting-frame, a tilting frame, a rocking frame mounted on said tilting frame, and connected to said hoisting-frame', tackle for tilting and drawing the rocking and tilting frames and thereby elevating the hoisting-frame, a guy-frame, guys connecting said guy-frames to the said hoisting-frame, the latter being adapted to engage the tilting frame and arrest the retrograde movement thereof when the hoisting-frame is being lowered, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a hoisting-frame, a tilting frame, a rocking frame mounted on said tilting frame, and connected to said hoisting-frame, tackle for tilting and drawing the rocking and tilting frames and thereby elevating the hoisting-frame, a guy-frame, guys connecting said guy-frame to the said hoisting-frame, the latter being adapted to engage the tilting frame and arrest the retrograde movement thereof when the hoistingframe is being lowered and means to lengthen and shorten said guys, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with a hoisting-frame, of a tilting frame, a rocking frame mounted on the tilting frame and connected to the hoisting-frame, and a tackle to apply power to the rocking frame, the latter being adapted to en gage the tilting frame after a partial rotation of the rocking frame, and thereafter form an extension of the tilting frame, and

to swing in conformity with said tilting frame, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto afxed our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

OLER P. VROOM. CHARLES H. ARBUCKLE.

Vitnesses:

. J. P. BREWER, L. S. HARRIS. 

